2018 Act-Belong-Commit annual impact statement

Mentally Healthy WA, based in the School of Public Health at Curtin University, are pleased to launch the 2018 Annual Impact Statement for the Act-Belong-Commit mental health campaign.

In 2018, Mentally Healthy WA supported 257 partners across WA, other states and internationally in the promotion of the Act-Belong-Commit message to deliver grassroots strategies to encourage people to ‘Act-Belong-Commit’ for good mental health. We also welcomed our newest international partner, Elon University in the USA, who has adopted Act-Belong-Commit as a campus-wide initiative to foster a mentally healthy climate and culture.

The Act-Belong-Commit campaign continued to make an impact, striking a chord with people of all backgrounds and helping to change attitudes towards mental illness. Results of the 2018 evaluation of the campaign show that 80% of the adult population are aware of the message (nearly 2.2 million Western Australian adults), and that awareness and behaviour change amongst those with a diagnosed mental illness or recent mental health problem was even higher.

You can read more about the impact Act-Belong-Commit made in 2018 over on our website.

For further information please contact Janine Ripper on 9266 3788 or Janine.ripper@curtin.edu.au.